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Date:      Thu, 14 Oct 1999 06:51:38 -0500
From:      Steve Brueggeman <stevebr@primenet.com>
To:        aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: AHA-2910C aic7xxx & blacklist
Message-ID:  <48EFOB9CB7A6IBKZcCVPmZhg=C7i@4ax.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.991013125214.19756B-100000@devserv.devel.redhat.com>
References:  <99Oct13.174807bst.66305@gateway.ukaea.org.uk> <Pine.LNX.3.96.991013125214.19756B-100000@devserv.devel.redhat.com>

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Unless I misunderstand the problem,  this is pretty much what the SCSI =
blacklist
was for.  SCSI middle does, testur(), inquiry() on LUN 0, and checks the =
inquiry
strings for being blacklisted, and if they have the have the =
BLIST_SINGLELUN
flag set, prevents the SCSI middle layers from probing LUN's 1-7.

On Wed, 13 Oct 1999 12:53:36 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:

>On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Neil Conway wrote:
>
>> Doug Ledford wrote:
>> > The 6.0 kernel had the PROBE ALL LUNS option set in the SCSI =
configuration
>> > section.  We fixed that "feature" for 6.1.  In essence, when we =
probe your
>> > scanner for a lun higher than 0, it locks up the bus and won't work =
any
>> > more.  That's why DOS and SCSI Select fail afterwards, because the =
card
>> > isn't what's hung, the scanner is.  Anyway, get the 6.1 distro and =
things
>> > should be fine.
>>=20
>> Possibly dumb query: if that's what actually hangs the bus, would a
>> blacklist 'cure' the problem?  (Dumber question: what do Windows-land
>> drivers do by default?).
>
>Yes, but blacklist entries are bad for the simple fact that you don't =
know
>you need them until something goes wrong.  Then, it's too late and God
>knows how many copies of the CD will have shipped and how many people =
will
>have the same problem and how many times you will rattle off the same
>answer.....
>
>As for windows, I don't think it probes all luns, but I could be wrong.
>
>  Doug Ledford   <dledford@redhat.com>
>   Opinions expressed are my own, but
>      they should be everybody's.
>
>
>
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